Assessment of air quality during 19th Common Wealth Games at Delhi, India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-154

  Bisht, D S ^a   Tiwari, S ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a   Srivastava, Manoj K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality; Common Wealth Games; Gaseous pollutants

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPORTS FACILITY;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84874202753     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0349-4     Document Type: Article

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